Contact Plus Professional, a powerful means to handle your contact and sales management needs. With Contact Plus Professional you can organize your daily business activities easier than ever before and save time doing it. And by being organized you can establish better relationships with your customers and prospects.
Contact Management
With Contact Plus Professional you can keep track of customers in one database and prospects in another. In addition to the general contact information, you can define your own data fields. Keep unlimited free from notes about conversations you have with contacts. Then send letters, e-mail, and schedule and track future events for follow up. Plus Contact Plus Professional provides alarms for upcoming events so you don't let anything slip through the cracks.
With Contact Plus Professional you can create groupings of contacts based upon your criteria. Want to see a list of all contacts who've done business with you in the past week? How about a list of contacts that haven't done business with you in the last month? Whether you have 10 contacts or 10,000 contacts, you can work with just those contacts you want to use. Send them all a letter, transfer them to a new database, or check for duplicates between databases.
Contact Plus Professional automatically creates a complete history of your interaction with each contact. Detailed information about the phone calls, email sent, letters sent or notes taken are all instantly available. Using this information you can make better decisions about what the next step should be. When used on a multi-user system, each activity is stamped with the User ID of who completed it. What is more important than the past history with a client?
Internet Functions
If you travel extensively, use the add on synchronization module Smart Merge to stay in touch with the office. And use the compute distance function to view contacts geographically closest to you. If you're out on the road and have some extra time on your hands you can schedule new appointments quickly by creating a filter to see a list of contacts within 50 miles of your location.
With your internet browser, connect to the Internet for a personalized street map of your contact's location, see his latest stock value, or check the current weather in his city. Virtually any Internet web site which displays information from input prompts like a zip code or street address is a possible site for getting information from the web on your contact. The possibilities are unlimited.
Written Communication
Creating professional written correspondence couldn't be easier. Use the built in word processor or Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect to create personalized, impressive letters. Use templates to design just the right kind of letter for the situation, whether sales, or contracts. If you're sending just a few letters or a mass mailing campaign, each letter is just as personalized as you want. Insert any contact information automatically into the letter and you can use graphics too! Have some documents you already use? No problem. Just add the fields for Contact Plus, and use them without retyping anything!
If you use more email than letters, Contact Plus Professional handles that too. Use email templates to send broadcast emails to contacts regularly. Send out reminder notices, expiration notices for contracts, and more.
If you've got a specialized mailing list you've purchased from a list broker of 5,000 contacts that are interested in your products with Contact Plus this list is easily imported into a database. Use any type of standard electronic database file (ASCII, dBASE, Paradox). There's no special requirement for the order of information; you choose what information is imported into what field. Plus you can save the order of information if you're bringing in contacts from the same source on a regular basis. This point-and-shoot process makes Contact Plus even more flexible in managing the amount of information bombarding you and your business every day.
Outlook - PDA Synchronization
Do you need to have your contacts and calendar on your Palm Pilot, Handspring or Pocket PC? With the Outlook interface you can take your contacts out on the road with you as well as your calendar. Update your calendar and contact information on your PDA and they will be updated in Contact Plus as well. No need to call into the office for a phone number while you're out on the road.
Time Management
Need a quick look at your daily calendar? Contact Plus displays all your events in one easy -to- understand calendar. Gotten behind in your day? No problem. With convenient drag-and-drop rescheduling you can update your appointments as the day goes on. Plus you can print out the events and appointments for the day and take it with you. You can even look at your coworker's calendars to make sure you've got their latest schedule for collaboration.
Interoffice Communication
When used by coworkers on a network, Contact Plus Professional makes sharing data and ideas with your coworkers easy. Simultaneous database access gives you the information you need when you need it -- as well as when your co workers need it. In a hectic office environment, it's important to get the right information to the right person. The Interoffice Mail option sends mail to your coworkers over the network. You can respond and keep the original message intact. Or if someone calls for you while you're away, the While You Were Gone phone message function takes care of that. Take messages for any user on the network and attach the message to a contact record. These messages can be seen immediately when the user returns if they're away for lunch. While the person taking the message is on the phone they can quickly see when you'll be returning with the In/Out Board. There's even broadcast messaging, to send urgent messages immediately to everyone logged in. And finally you can regulate scheduling of the conference room for your important meetings.
Global Operations
The best part about Contact Plus is that if you decide later that you want to mass update your contacts, Contact Plus Database Utilities can perform dozens of global update functions quickly and easily. Tasks such as replacing area codes with new ones, clearing, copying, searching and replacing data, swapping user fields, or subtracting or adding days to date fields is performed quickly and easily. Plus it's done in one simple process.
Usability
Contact Plus Professional was designed from the start for workgroups and small offices as a multi user network solution, not just for individuals. As a result of this design, Contact Plus Professional offers users a unique blend of tools specifically designed for collaboration between people in a business environment. Contact management, e-mail messaging, internet tools, written communication, and more are tied together in a distinctive blend of tools to help you manage your business more effectively. Contact Plus Professional fits your style and your needs--it works the way you do.
System Requirements:
Single-user or client workstation installation:
Microsoft Windows 9.x/ME/NT/2000/XP operating system
At least Pentium-class CPU
At least 64 mb of RAM
At least 100 mb free local hard disk space, plus 10 mb for every 500 records (based on few notes/events)
Network Server System Requirements:
Windows 9.x/ME/NT/2000/XP or Novell operating system
Pentium class CPU (Pentium 200 or above recommended)
At least 64 mb of RAM (128 mb for > 10 users or more than 5000 records)
At least 100 mb free hard disk space, plus 10 mb for every 500 records (based on few notes/events)
Dedicated server for > 5 users recommended
Contact Plus Corporation does NOT recommend using Contact Plus Professional in any of the following situations:
Emulating Windows on another platform (Mac OS, Unix, Linux)
A 486 or slower CPU
Less than 64 mb of RAM
Simulating a network through dial-up networking via phone lines, aka a VPN or WAN (you need Smart Merge if this is your situation)
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